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Friday, September 1, 2017

Water and Snake post sculpture installed

A big part of today was given over to installing the Water and Snake 5 post sculpture in the small '
courtyard' at the house of the couple who commissioned the work.

The task really started with all the planning and loading of the posts and gear for the installation. But the on-site work started with agreeing the final set out of the posts with the clients. This was to ensure that they: could still service the courtyard; and the sculpture could be seen from the dining room, the bath room and the entrance to the courtyard. Set out in the cleared courtyard (2m wide and just over 4-5m long) marked out with white paint.

The individual posts were concreted into the ground using quick-set cement mix. Each post was levelled and then supported with timber held by clamps whilst the concreted cured. Curing to green hardness took about 20 minutes to the point it was safe to gently remove the supports and move the supports on to the next post. The whole on-site installation process took over 4 hours.

The clients were really happy with the end result. They will now fill the courtyard with grey gravel; and may also include a lighter grey pebble winding 'snake-like' pathway through the posts. Just as we were about to depart a small green bug thought it would have a little rest on the top plate of the front post.